M. Night Shyamalan

James Newton Howard has a process for wrenching emotion for a boy who sees dead people, inspiring sympathy for a guy in a Batsuit, and igniting passion for a resourceful archer in a dystopian future.

In scoring the soundtracks for "The Dark Knight," "The Sixth Sense," "The Hunger Games" franchise, Howard will read the script, but he'll almost never collaborate with the director.

"I work independently of the director, and to some extent, that's actually a big relief to them," Howard says. "When I come to them in post-production, they're tired and over-budget. What can be better to them than presenting...

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